Brad Bachmann, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Spring, TXNPI 1598861809
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $372,801 of the $378,171 with a category attached, or 98.6%. Linvatec Corporation accounts for 98.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $328,660 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $15 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 34 payments — averaging $11,123 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$373K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- In2bones USA, LLC$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Medinc Of Texas$399
- Stryker$195
- plus $444 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0000%
- Travel & lodging$1,7140%
- Food & beverage$1,4570%
- Education$1,2000%
- Other$372,80199%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 7 | $372,801 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $1,557 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 2 | $1,412 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,364 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 2 | $399 |
| Stryker | 4 | $195 |
| Amgen | 4 | $147 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $76 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $46 |
| Abbott | 2 | $35 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $32 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- AVENGER RADIAL HEAD, +4 STEMS$372,801
- Product Portfolio$1,469
- CoLink$1,412
- Reference Toe System$412
- KRYSTEXXA$103
How this compares
$378,171 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 684 foot & ankle surgery providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 17 | $202 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Spring
- William McGarveyKaty$3.5M
- Eugene CurryDallas$3.1M
- Graham HamiltonEdinburg$2.1M
- Mark DaltonAustin$1.9M
- Kevin VarnerHouston$1.1M
- Paul KimDallas$928K
- Sherman NaglerHouston$602K
- John EarlyDallas$553K
- Michael DowneySouthlake$475K
- Abdul NurudeenHouston$404K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.